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Recycling jumps when garbage collection drops, new research shows

Despite some modest progress over the past two decades, Canada's waste diversion efforts remain wanting: according to the Canadian government, only 27% of the country's waste is recycled, composted, or otherwise diverted from disposal. In 2022, 26.6 million tons of solid waste wound up in landfills...

Recycling jumps when garbage collection drops, new research shows
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Despite some modest progress over the past two decades, Canada's waste diversion efforts remain wanting: according to the Canadian government, only 27% of the country's waste is recycled, composted, or otherwise diverted from disposal. In 2022, 26.6 million tons of solid waste wound up in landfills or was incinerated—an 11% increase from 2002.

Originally published at Phys.org

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